Harriet Hageman: “I applaud that Mr. Curtis has put that bill forward.”

In Gallup’s 25-year patriotism survey, just 17 percent, or less than 1 in 5 American adults, reported that they were ‘very proud’ of being an American.

We must stop pretending that America is just an idea, or that we have no shared culture worth fighting for.

My friends on the other side of the aisle have worked mightily to weaponize our history with slavery to indict our nation as irredeemable.

I hope that by focusing on America’s 250th anniversary – and looking back over that history with honesty and accuracy — we will reverse these declines.